Will one dog sound like a cat, maintaining appeal? (7)
I believe the answer is:
pursuer
'will one dog' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'sound like a cat maintaining appeal?' is the wordplay.
'sound like a cat' becomes 'purr' (I've seen this before).
'maintaining' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are held or maintained).
'appeal?' becomes 'sue' (I've seen this in another clue).
'purr' placed around 'sue' is 'PURSUER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pursuer that I've seen before include "One following" , "Follower" , "stalker" , "Chaser" , "One giving chase" .)